TRENDING:
- MPS stiff-arms cops in schools as allegations of robbery and assault mount
- DPI fabricates testing miracle — but doesn’t help Wisconsin kids read
- Jagler: MPS could pay a price for cop recalcitrance
- The dawn of viable small modular nuclear reactors — and why Wisconsin should care
- Wisconsin should listen to its people: Link FoodShare to work
- Work requirement waivers increased FoodShare caseloads and costs in Wisconsin
- “Free” Milwaukee streetcar costing over $5 million annually
- Government overregulation stymies broadband buildout in rural Wisconsin
Research
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A review of university course materials
After languishing for 150 years in the backwash of economic development in the Green Bay area, the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin (hereinafter “the Tribe”) is experiencing its first generation of prosperity. The prosperity is the result of a bingo and casino gambling franchise, hard work, and a good location. The Tribe is using
By Gordon Black The Objectives of the Research The objectives of this wave…
As Wisconsin grapples with the question of educational reform, one area that has not been explored is the role of the schools of education and the certification of our teachers.
By Sammis White, Ph.D. The Wisconsin economy has continued to generate new jobs.…
Budgets are tight. Problems are tough. State and local governments have increased responsibilities,…
What’s the connection?
Moving from bureaucracy to accountability
By William Thompson, Ph.D., Ricardo Gazel, Dan Rickman Gambling win or lose took my emotions. I don’t want to feel miserable anymore. member of a Gamblers Anonymous group in Wisconsin This is a study about social costs of gambling in Wisconsin. In April 1995, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute released a report entitled The Economic
What the textbooks teach
A profile of urban inmates in Wisconsin prisons
By Lawrence Mead, Ph.D. Between 1987, when Tommy Thompson took office as governor,…
Public versus private
By Daniel Alesch, Ph.D. The Green Bay Packers, Inc., is America’s only publicly owned, not-for-profit, major-league sports franchise. The team has survived, even flourished, for 77 years in Green Bay – a city of 97,000 people in northeastern Wisconsin. The Packers team is an anomaly. National Football League rules prohibit replicating the Green Bay model.
As Wisconsin spends more money on its correctional system, this report analyzes how much value citizens are getting
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